Sporting News Radio
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| Type | Sports |
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| Country | United States |
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First air date
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August 1, 2016 |
| Parent | Gow Broadcasting SB Nation |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
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Official website
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SB Nation Radio |
SB Nation Radio (formerly Yahoo! Sports Radio, Sporting News Radio, and One-on-One Sports) is a sports radio network that is distributed by Gow Media.
As of August 2011, the network had around 180 affiliated stations, including flagship station KGOW in Houston, making it the United States' third-largest sports radio network behind Fox Sports Radio and ESPN Radio. In its current incarnation, it is affiliated with the sports blog network SB Nation.
Originally, the network was called the Sports Entertainment Network and was headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded in 1991, it was the third all-sports radio network in the United States. The prior two networks were Enterprise Sports Network which existed briefly in the late '70s and early 1980s, and RTV Sports which operated out of Mashpee, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod) in 1987 and 1988 and was syndicated on 27 stations across the US. RTV's owner, Tom Star, abruptly shut it down and absconded with the assets and paychecks suddenly in the summer of 1988 without a word to the staff and talent.
In 1993, One on One Sports bought Sports Entertainment Network, moved it to Northbrook, Illinois. One on One Sports was founded in 1991 and delivered closed-circuit broadcasts to spectators attending sporting events such as golf tournaments and auto races, utilizing custom radio receivers. They audio coupled play-by-play commentary with special programming for the listeners at the event. One on One Sports had sports updates every 20 minutes, that it called "One On One Sports Flash". SEN/One on One Sports was the first 24/7 sports radio network.
One on One eventually acquired several owned and operated radio stations including WJWR (now WSNR) in New York City, WIDB (now WNTD) in Chicago, KCTD (now KMPC) in Los Angeles, California and WNRB (now WMEX) in Boston, Massachusetts.
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